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N42720

Raven S55A

N42720 is a Raven S55A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lafayette, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 19, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 8, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Raven
Model
S55A
Serial number
S-55A321
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A51857 (octal 51214127)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 19, 2016
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · February 8, 1977
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00782693

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Elliott Thomas J III
Type
Individual
Address
3433 Moraga Blvd
Lafayette, CA 94549-4522

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1973-09-14Cessna 180J · exported to Brazil · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data